{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Actinocephalus bongardii 1 João de Deus Medeiros.jpg | image_caption = ''A. bongardii'' | taxon = Actinocephalus | authority = (Körn.) Sano | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50254987 Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Paepalanthus'' subgen. ''Actinocephalus'' <small>Körn.</small> }}
'''''Actinocephalus''''' is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae, first described in 2004. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.<ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archivedate=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=217715 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> It was formerly regarded as part of the related genus ''Paepalanthus'', but recent studies have suggested that the two groups are better separated.<ref>Sano, Paulo Takeo. 2004. 53(1): 98-106.</ref><ref>Costa, Fabiane Nepomuceno. 2013. Novon 22(3): 285-288.</ref>
==Species== * ''Actinocephalus aggregatus'' <small>F.N.Costa</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus bongardii'' <small>(A.St.-Hil.) Sano</small> - eastern + southern Brazil * ''Actinocephalus brachypus'' <small>(Bong.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus cabralensis'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus callophyllus'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus ciliatus'' <small>(Bong.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro * ''Actinocephalus cipoensis'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus claussenianus'' <small>(Körn.) Sano</small> - eastern + southern Brazil * ''Actinocephalus compactus'' <small>(Gardner) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus coutoensis'' <small>(Moldenke) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus deflexus'' <small>F.N.Costa</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus delicatus'' <small>Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus denudatus'' <small>(Körn.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus diffusus'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus divaricatus'' <small>(Bong.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus falcifolius'' <small>(Körn.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais, Bahia * ''Actinocephalus fimbriatus'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus giuliettiae'' <small>Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus glabrescens'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus graminifolius'' <small>F.N.Costa</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus herzogii'' <small>(Moldenke) Sano</small> - Bahia * ''Actinocephalus heterotrichus'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus ithyphyllus'' <small>(Mart.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus koernickeanus'' <small>Trovó & F.N.Costa</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus nodifer'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus ochrocephalus'' <small>(Körn.) Sano</small> - Bahia * ''Actinocephalus pachyphyllus'' <small>(Körn.) F.N.Costa, Trovó & Echtern.</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus polyanthus'' <small>(Bong.) Sano</small> - eastern + southern Brazil * ''Actinocephalus ramosus'' <small>(Wikstr.) Sano</small> - eastern Brazil * ''Actinocephalus rigidus'' <small>(Bong.) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus robustus'' <small>(Silveira) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus stereophyllus'' <small>(Ruhland) Sano</small> - Minas Gerais * ''Actinocephalus verae'' <small>Sano & Trovó</small> - Minas Gerais
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Category:Eriocaulaceae Category:Poales genera Category:Endemic flora of Brazil